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Electoral results for the district of Botany

Botany, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1950.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   William Stephen Ind. Free Trade
1895   John Dacey Labour
1898
1901
1904   Rowland Anderson Liberal Reform
1907   Fred Page Labour
1910
1913   Independent Labor
1917   Thomas Mutch Labor Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1920   Simon Hickey Labor   Frank Burke Labor   William McKell Labor   John Lee Nationalist
1922   Bill Ratcliffe Labor
1925
1927   Independent Labor
1930   Robert Heffron Labor
1932
1935
1938   Industrial Labor
1941   Labor
1944
1947

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Botany [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor hold  

1944

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Botany [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor hold  

1941

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Botany [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron 14,312 76.0
Independent Labor Addison Brittain 4,526 24.0
Total formal votes 18,838 94.3
Informal votes 1,129 5.7
Turnout 19,967 92.3
Member changed to Labor from Industrial Labor  

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Botany [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Industrial Labor Bob Heffron 13,865 60.3
Labor Francis Kelly 9,118 39.7
Total formal votes 22,983 95.2
Informal votes 1,150 4.8
Turnout 24,133 96.8
Member changed to Industrial Labor from Labor Swing N/A

1935

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Botany [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor (NSW) hold  

1932

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Botany [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Heffron 11,023 54.3 -9.2
United Australia Trevor Levy 6,084 30.0 +30.0
Federal Labor Frederick Kerr 3,013 14.8 +14.9
Communist Basil Williams 175 0.9 0.0
Total formal votes 20,295 98.2 +0.6
Informal votes 361 1.8 −0.6
Turnout 20,656 96.8 +1.6
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Botany [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron 12,230 63.5
Independent Labor Thomas Mutch (defeated) 6,862 35.6
Communist Frank Warner 167 0.9
Total formal votes 19,259 97.6
Informal votes 469 2.4
Turnout 19,728 95.2
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing
Sitting member Thomas Mutch had been expelled from Labor in 1927, but had been re-elected as an Independent Labor candidate.

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Botany [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Thomas Mutch 6,281 51.0
Labor Bob Heffron 5,661 46.0
Nationalist Benjamin Blackburn 374 3.0
Total formal votes 12,316 99.1
Informal votes 114 0.9
Turnout 12,430 88.7
Independent Labor win (new seat)

1925

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1925 New South Wales state election: Botany [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,919
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 1) 10,146 21.4 +6.4
Labor William McKell (elected 3) 8,523 17.9 +4.1
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 4) 5,726 12.1 -0.9
Labor William Long 4,284 9.0 +9.0
Labor Frank Burke (elected 5) 4,017 8.5 -2.0
Nationalist John Lee (elected 2) 10,098 21.2 +0.3
Nationalist David Alexander 665 1.4 -1.6
Nationalist William Herford 108 0.2 +0.2
Nationalist James Sinclair 99 0.2 +0.2
Nationalist Stephen Turner 46 0.1 +0.1
Independent Labor Peter Gallagher 3,034 6.4 +6.4
Protestant Labor Walter Bateman 370 0.8 +0.8
Communist Henry Denford 147 0.3 +0.3
Communist Nellie Rickie 111 0.2 +0.2
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure 76 0.2 +0.2
Majority Labor Carl Liebau 63 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 47,513 95.6 +0.6
Informal votes 2,210 4.4 −0.6
Turnout 49,723 69.2 +0.6
Party total votes
Labor 32,696 68.8 +7.0
Nationalist 11,016 23.2 -6.5
Independent Labor 3,034 6.4 +6.4
Protestant Labor 370 0.8 +0.8
Communist 258 0.5 +0.5
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure 76 0.2 +0.2
Majority Labor 63 0.1 +0.1

1922

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1922 New South Wales state election: Botany [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 4) 6,733 15.0 -5.3
Labor William McKell (elected 5) 6,176 13.8 -1.6
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 3) 5,816 13.0 +8.3
Labor Frank Burke (elected 2) 4,722 10.5 -5.9
Labor Simon Hickey (defeated) 4,239 9.5 -0.6
Nationalist John Lee (elected 1) 9,365 20.9 +5.1
Nationalist David Alexander 1,362 3.0 +3.0
Nationalist William Pritchard 1,269 2.8 +2.8
Nationalist William Wassall 756 1.7 +1.7
Nationalist Albert Dunning 532 1.2 +1.2
Democratic Daniel McGrath 3,041 6.8 +6.8
Independent Fred Page 523 1.2 +1.2
Independent George Overhill 117 0.3 +0.3
Industrial Labor William Wallace 71 0.2 +0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron 63 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 44,785 95.0 +10.5
Informal votes 2,377 5.0 −10.5
Turnout 47,162 68.6 +16.8
Party total votes
Labor 27,686 61.8 -5.2
Nationalist 13,284 29.7 +9.9
Democratic 3,041 6.8 -0.8
Independent Fred Page 523 1.2 +1.2
Independent George Overhill 117 0.3 +0.3
Industrial Labor 71 0.2 +0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron 63 0.1 +0.1

1920

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1920 New South Wales state election: Botany [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,749
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 1) 5,781 20.3
Labor Frank Burke (elected 2) 4,685 16.4
Labor William McKell (elected 3) 4,379 15.4
Labor Simon Hickey (elected 5) 2,883 10.1
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 1,351 4.7
Nationalist John Lee (elected 4) 4,499 15.8
Nationalist James Morrish 1,132 4.0
Democratic Edward Connell 2,179 7.7
Progressive Philip Strange-Mure 319 1.1
Progressive Charles Coghlan 183 0.6
Socialist Labor Annie Toohey 173 0.6
Socialist Labor Timothy McCristal 123 0.4
Socialist Labor Henry Denford 53 0.2
Socialist Labor John Jamieson 44 0.2
Independent Stanley McGowen 339 1.2
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Banks 255 0.9
Soldiers & Citizens Christopher Evers 60 0.2
Independent Patrick Quinn 33 0.1
Independent George Crowley 19 0.1
Total formal votes 28,490 84.5
Informal votes 5,215 15.5
Turnout 33,705 51.8
Party total votes
Labor 19,079 67.0
Nationalist 5,631 19.8
Democratic 2,179 7.7
Progressive 502 1.8
Socialist Labor 393 1.4
Independent Stanley McGowen 339 1.2
Soldiers & Citizens 315 1.1
Independent Patrick Quinn 33 0.1
Independent George Crowley 19 0.1

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Botany [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Mutch 5,333 57.9 +18.1
Independent Labor Fred Page 3,882 42.1 -18.1
Total formal votes 9,215 99.1 +1.3
Informal votes 80 0.9 −1.3
Turnout 9,295 63.2 −1.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +18.1

1913

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Botany [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Fred Page 4,559 60.2
Labor David Johnstone 3,019 39.8
Total formal votes 7,578 97.8
Informal votes 170 2.2
Turnout 7,748 64.2
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor  

1910

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Botany [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Page 4,547 64.0
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,558 36.0
Total formal votes 7,105 98.9
Informal votes 82 1.1
Turnout 7,187 68.6
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Botany [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Page 3,420 53.2 +14.3
Liberal Reform Isaac Spackman 2,958 46.0 +5.9
Independent William Cox 55 0.9
Total formal votes 6,433 96.8
Informal votes 212 3.2
Turnout 6,645 72.2
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing +4.2

1904

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Botany [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Rowland Anderson 2,224 40.1
Labour George Clark 2,154 38.8
Independent Isaac Spackman 945 17.0
Progressive Patrick Craddock 224 4.0
Total formal votes 5,547 99.0
Informal votes 57 1.0
Turnout 5,604 67.1
Liberal Reform gain from Labour  
Botany lost part of the district to Randwick and absorbed part of Newtown-St Peters. The member for Botany was John Dacey who, lost Labour pre-selection and successfully contested Alexandria instead. The member for Newtown-St Peters was James Fallick (Independent Liberal) who successfully contested Singleton as an official Liberal Reform candidate.

1901

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Botany [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 1,236 54.6 +23.1
Liberal Reform William Stephen 1,027 45.4
Total formal votes 2,263 99.0 −
Informal votes 23 1.0 −
Turnout 2,286 73.3 +5.8
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 568 31.5
Ind. Free Trade William Stephen 521 28.9
National Federal Charles Swinbourne 465 25.8
Independent Federalist James Macfadyen 206 11.4
Independent Federalist William Wall 42 2.3
Total formal votes 1,802 99.0
Informal votes 19 1.0
Turnout 1,821 67.5
Labour hold  

1895

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 610 43.4
Free Trade William Stephen 607 43.1
Ind. Free Trade James Macfadyen 190 13.5
Total formal votes 1,407 99.0
Informal votes 14 1.0
Turnout 1,421 71.0
Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade  

1894

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade William Stephen 632 37.9
Labour John Dacey 611 36.6
Ind. Free Trade James Macfadyen 295 17.7
Protectionist Francis Luland 130 7.8
Total formal votes 1,668 98.5
Informal votes 26 1.5
Turnout 1,694 83.4
Ind. Free Trade win (new seat)

References

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